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TOWN OF READING,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1891.
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BOSTON : C. M. BARROWS & CO., PRINTERS, 2 NORTH MARKET ST. 1891.
TOWN OF READING,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1891.
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BOSTON : C. M. BARROWS & CO., PRINTERS, 2 NORTH MARKET ST. 1891.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1890-1891.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health. STILLMAN M. PRATT, Chairman. H. L. CUMMINGS, Secretary [to Oct. 17, 1891. R. DEXTER TEMPLE. CHAS. W. ABBOTT, Secretary [from Oct. 31, 1891.
Assessors. STILLMAN M. PRATT, Chairman, EDWARD F. PARKER. EDWARD B. HARRINGTON, Sec'y.
Town Clerk. JAMES REID.
Treasurer. EDWARD F. PARKER.
Collector of Taxes. HARLEY PRENTISS.
School Committee.
GILMAN L. PARKER, Secretary
-
Term expires 1891
WARREN E. EATON
66 1891
EDWARD F. PARKER -
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1892
CYRUS M. BARROWS -
- -
1892
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman - -
1893
HORACE G. WADLIN -
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1893
4
Road Commissioners.
CHARLES A. WESTON, Chairman -
Term expires 1891
SAMUEL W. BOWKER, Secretary - -
1892
HENRY S. LACLAIR
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1893
Water Commissioners.
EDWARD C. NICHOLS -
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Term expires 1891
GEORGE E. ABBOTT, Secretary -
66
66 1892
LEWIS M. BANCROFT, Chairman -
66 1893
Constables.
HENRY STOCK,
CLARENCE J. NICHOLS.
Trustees of the Public Library.
CHARLES D. THOMAS
-
Term expires 1891
HARLEY PRENTISS
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1891
HORACE G. WADLIN -
- -
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1892
WALTER S. PARKER -
66
1892
CYRUS M. BARROWS -
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1893
JAMES H. GRIGGS -
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Trustees of the Cemetery.
ALFRED W. DANFORTH, Secretary -
Term expires 1891
OREN N. JONES - -
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ALDEN BATCHELDER -
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.
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66
66 1892
R. DEXTER TEMPLE -
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66
66
1892
GALEN A. PARKER -
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66
1893
WARREN E. EATON
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66
1993
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Auditors.
JACOB MITCHELL, EDGAR N. HUNT,
HARRY P. BOSSON.
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1893
1891
5
Board of Registrars. JAMES REID, Clerk. JOHN G. ROBERTS, HENRY ROBINSON, HENRY E. HOLDEN.
Engineers of the Fire Department.
EDWARD C. NICHOLS, Chief.
WILLIAM L. CROWE,
WENDELL BANCROFT, Clerk. WILMOT K. PRATT.
Police.
HENRY STOCK. CLARENCE J. NICHOLS. CALVIN L. MARTIN.
Night Watchmen.
HENRY STOCK,
CLARENCE J. NICHOLS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
FRANK W. PARKER.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING FOR THE YEAR 1890.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
Jan. 1 Gnv Leslie Smith, 2 Hollis Ober Marshall,
66 3 Clinton Emerson Ordway,
3 Benjamin Franklin Flanders
4 Boardman Henry Shute,
10 Edward Warren Grady,
66 13 Mary Lilly white,
60 18 Joseph Douglas Logan,
66 23 William Ralph Livingston,
24 Ethel Moseley Corrie,
25 Ephraim Paul Doncet,
66 30 Horace A. P. Bartlett, Doucett,
Feb. 26 66 27 Annie Jane Stokes. Mar. 5 Charles Curtis Adams, 66 21 Rose Anna Devaney,
23 Thomas Turner,
23 Alfred Asa Parker,
27 John Willie Froton, [Parker,
66 27 Bernice Elizabeth Francis 66 28 Guy Wilbert Ellison,
66 29 Lena Walker Parker,
Apr. 6 May Bowman, 9 Gertrude Jessie Dakin,
17 Freddie Turner,
. . 17 Myrtle Blanche McDonald,
66 21 Chester Horace Pratt,
66 25 Mary Theresis Doucett,
27 John Enos Froton,
May 1 George Jacob Crowther,
66 1 Malcolm Rodney Buck, 4 Bertha May Fairbanks,
66 11 Maggie Ann Mack,
12 Arthur Borthwick,
66 19 Helen Nason Davies,
66 21 Lilla May Raymond,
27 Inez May Cook,
29 Marion Lois Myers,
June 2 Ralph Johnson, 4 Irving Claire Austin,
66 8 Norman Henry Cummings,
66 13 Leslie Freeborn Jolinson,
16 Jeremiah Shannon,
16 Laura A. Resse,
21 Harrison Hunt Parker,
66 27 Charles Irving Fairbanks,
30 Clarence Percival Goodwin, 30 Marion Stone Bancroft,
July 8 Bernice Emma Nichols, 11 Arthur Gould Winship,
66 16 Ethel May Rollins,
25 Leon Charles Rich,
66 25 Preston Warren Charles,
66 26 Alma Lillian Eaton, Aug. 5 John Marvin Burnham, 12 Louis John Morrison, 13 Doncett,
14 Genevieve Bosson,
18 Arthur Franklin Goodridge, M Rufus L. T. and Mary A.,
29 Michael Robert Finneran, Sept. 4 Ernest Peletiah White,
- 10 Doucett,
13 Harry Joseph Fisher,
17 Roy Elsden Richardson,
| SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
M Milton S. and Hattie E.,
M Joseph and Mary M.,
M Orville O. and Bertha N.,
M Benjamin F. and Martha C. Conductor, R. R.
M Boardman P. and Clara A., Shoemaker.
M William G. and Hannah E. Farmer.
F Joseph and Julie,
M John B. and Caroline A., M Frederic and Ida,
F Edward H. and Anna M.,
M Dominique and Julie,
M William H. and Mary, M John M. and Mary,
F Joseph and Susan, [F. Farmer.
M LaRne Nelson and Mattie Travelling salesman.
F Matthew and Rose Ann, M Thomas and Mary E.,
Section hand R. R. Farmer.
Shoemaker.
Laundryman.
Machinist.
Shoe-dealer.
Glass-blower.
Sailmaker.
Team ter.
Harness maker.
Patented hardware.
Laborer.
Teamster.
Painter.
Clerk.
Organ pipe maker.
Hackman.
Printer.
Shoe laster.
Brakeman.
Japanner.
Accountant.
Machinist.
Baggage master.
Painter.
Express driver.
F Charles A. and Selina, [A., Laster.
M Harrison H. and Harriet Organ pipe maker.
Salesman.
Organ pipe maker.
Shoe cutter.
Provision dealer.
Ass't Cashier of Bank
Shocmaker.
Iceman.
Jeweller. Pyrotechnist. House carpenter.
Shoemaker. Farmer.
Book-keeper.
Draw-tender. Rubber worker.
Stone worker. Shoemaker.
M William H. and Maggie E , Machinist.
Travelling salesman. Slipper manufacturer Blacksmith.
Laborer.
Night watchman.
Carpenter. Organ pipe maker.
Stone mason.
Shoemaker. Painter.
M Asa and Sarah A.,
M simon P. and Urania A., F Fred A. and Jennie D., M James A. and Nettie,
F Frank and Maggie E. Joseph W. and Margaret,
F
F James O, and Maggie. M Adolphe and Sadie,
Evan and Celia L., F
MI Ronello F. and Leila M., F John S. and Margaret, M John and Annie, M George and Mary L., M William C. and Sallie F., John B. and Grace W.,
F F Mary Mack,
M James W. and Mary Jane, F Charles E. and Kate C., F Charles M. and Saralı J., F Arthur H. and Annie A., F Charles F. and Annie S., M Edwin F. and Hattie L., M Charles E. and Emma, M Harley E. and Philinda, M Frank L. and Marcella, W John J and Hattie F.,
M Charles E. and Mary E M Edwin H. and Martha S., F Elmer P. and Hattie V., F William H. and Cora M., M Frank A. and Mary L., F James A. and Juliet,
M Burton C. and Nellie M., M Millard F. and Sarah A., F John H. and Clara A.,
M William H. and Rebecca,
M Winfield S. and Lizzie P., F Benjamin and Mary J.,
F Harry P. and Florence R.,
M Michael and Kate, M Eugene G. and Susannah E. Barber.
M Dennis and Agnes, M Charles S. and Ella A.,
Section hand R. R.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING 1890, Continued.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
OCCUPATION OF FATHER.
Sept. 21 Lizzie Muise, 66 20 Mary Lillian Forbes,
Trophy and Maggie.
Farmer.
F Edward H. and Fannie M., Contractor.
F
Arthur S. and Susan R.,
-
28 Louise Abbott Beal,
Oct. 4 Ada Hodson,
F Henry N. and Clara L.,
Painter and decorator
. . 5 Helen Gertrude Earle,
F Orman A. and Mary L.,
Night watchman.
66
11 Millie Modeste Dulong,
F John Reuben and Mary E.,
Stone mason. Builder.
Nov. 3 Flossie Ellsworth Standish,
F James L. and Lizzie E.,
Electrician.
66
19 Agnes Mary Buckley,
F John and Annie E.,
Inventor.
66
20 Grace Helen Milbury,
F William O. and Edith B.,
Pyrotechnist.
25 Frank Albert Castine,
M William and Octovie,
Coat maker.
30 Mary Josephine White,
F William H. and Mary A., F Peter T. and Julia,
Shoemaker.
15 James Riley,
M Patrick and Margaret,
Section hand.
66 20, Walter Martin Molineaux,
M Michael R. and Nellie R., Shipper.
66 20,John Alfred Doucett,
66 20| Morise Arthur Castine.
M Peter and Mary,
Farmer.
60
31 Mary Octovie Meuse,
F John and Sylvie.
Laborer.
Whole number of Births registered in 1890, 84. Males, 48; Females, 36.
Nativity of parents .- American Fathers, 47; Foreign, 36; American Mothers, 45; Foreign, 39.
Laborer.
Dec. 12 Mary Lizzie LeFave,
M Herbert E. and Cora F.,
Shoemaker.
9 Edward Theodore Jordling,
M Edward T. and Caroline,
11 Clarence Eugene McIntire,
F Oliver S. and Annie E.,
Provision dealer. Expressman.
26 Clara Mildred Tuttle,
M David and Charlotte, Laborer.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1890.
DATE.
NAMES OF BRIDE AND GROOM
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 2 George A. Forbes, Flora H. Gould,
8
Albert J. Walton,
Nellie M. Burbank,
16
Fred Skinner, Lillian V. Smithı,
26
Thomas Riley, Annie Murray, Orman Amos Earle,
24
Domestic,
St. John, N. B.,
Feb. 8
25 19
Stitcher,
Nova Scotia,
James and Cassia,
27
Mary Lucy Merine, Robert M. Blair, Effie E. DeLong,
21 Farmer,
Nova Scotia,
James and Eleanor,
Mar. 2
William S. Milbery,
23 Carpenter,
Nova Scotia,
Ada Phillips,
19 At home,
New Brunswick,
Clerk,
Newport, R. I.,
At home,
Halifax, N. S.,
Apr. 12
14
William W. Davis, Lizzie B. Parker,
16
Herbert W. Hudson, Edith E. Lloyd,
23
26
May 8
10
George C. Baldwin, Louisa F. Lloyd,
17
Reading,
Alfred H. and Ella R., John and Susan,
29 Jolın Lough, [der, 36
Ellen M. (McKenney ) Ry- 38 Rattan worker,
June 25
July 2
26 Aug. 14
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Charles H. Norris, Nellie Leighton Weston, Patrick Crammen, Rose Hill, Prentice S. Barnard, Amanda M. (Flint) Perkins, Phineas A. Hodgdon, S. Louise Swain, George E. Sampson, Jennie H. Lancaster,
22 24
At home, Machinist, Shoe stitcher, Retired merc'nt, At home,
Birmingham, Eng., Boston, North Reading,
Gardiner, Me., New York City, N. Y. Lexington, Me., New Sharon, Me.,
Jacob and Grace, Peter G. and Amanda, Phineas S. and Lydia, Anson T. and Mary, Edwin and Betsey E., Samuel R. and Augusta F.,
BY WHOM MARRIED.
D. H. Reardon, Assistant [Rector, Wakefield. Rev. William Barrows, [Reading.
Michael and Mary, Theodore F. and Jennie II., Oliver and Hannah F., Charles and Sarah, Rev. D. C. Stevens, [Reading. Otis W. and Elizabeth, Alfred P. and Elizabeth, F. A. Cunningham, Cath. [Clergyman, Malden. Rev. O. T. Walker, Thomas and Bridget, Thomas and Bridget, William and Matilda, Louis and Isabel, [Reading. Rev. Frederick N. Upham, [Reading.
Rev. O. T. Walker, [Reading. Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading. Rev. Frederick N. Upham, [Reading. Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading. Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading. Rev. G. A. Cleaveland, [Melrose. Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading.
Rev. O. T. Walker, [Reading. Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading. Rev. Robert W Wallace, [Wakefield. Rev. O. T. Walker, [Reading. Rev. J. E. Millerick, [Wakefield, James F. C. Hy de, Justice [ Peace, Newton Highl'ds. Rev. Frederick N. Upham, [Reading.
Rev. J. W. H. Baker, [Farmington, Me.
22 Milliner,
Reading, Andover, Wakefield,
20 Undertaker,
Wakefield,
18 At home, Farmer, 28
Lynnfield, Reading,
26 At home, Laborer,
Ireland, Ireland,
Watchman,
22 Housekeeper,
Nova Scotia,
Charles W. and Matilda,
19
Charles Leslie McIntire, Mary Ellen Fleming, Alonzo B. Parker, Annie Isabel Brown,
26 Shoe treer,
Reading,
23 Operative,
27 Clerk,
Boston,
24
At home, Shoe cutter,
Hudson, Reading,
Thetford, Vt.,
Isaac and Maria,
Reading,
William and Elizabeth, Robert and Ellen,
Willis and Celia,
30
Shoe stitcher, Shoe laster, [er, Machine stitch- Expressman,
Boston, Laconia, N. H., Hopkinton, Manchester, St. John, N. B.
Freeman and Melinda,
22 21
Waitress, Teleg. operator, At home, Laborer,
St. John, N. B., Boston, Reading, Reading,
Owen and Bridget, James T. and Katherine V., Clifford P. and Emma, Daniel and Julia,
London, Eng.,
James and Catherine,
23
74 59 23 At home, Druggist, Necktie cutter, 25 30
New Brunswick,
Thomas A. and Mary P., Daniel D. and Catharine I. A., John M. and Mary B.,
Reading,
George A. and Frances A. W., Albert J. and Elizabeth L., Alfred H. and Luella R.,
20
18 30 Shoe cutter,
34 20 20
Herbert Hiram Hanscom, Annie Elizabeth Brooks, Herbert Spear, Georgie Fortier, Willie H. Fairbanks, Eliza J. Morgan,
Daniel W. and Joanna R., George T. and Ellie I.,
23 Merchant,
Thomas and Mary A., Charles Henry and Helen R., James T. and Elizabeth,
21 19
28 Salesman, At home,
20
28
Aug. 27 | Fred Washington Atkinson, Winnifred Gage Whitford, " 28 Charles S. Miller, Emma S. Cederberg, Sept. 17 Willie E. Twombly,
25 23
Teacher, At liome, None,
21
18 At home,
Editor,
Grace L. Fletcher,
18 George L. Flint, Emma M. Damon,
23 34
At home, Carpenter,
Montville, Me.,
George D and Clara B.,
21
Charles E. Palmer, Elizabeth A. Nash,
33 Stenographer,
27 Coachman,
England,
James and Joanna,
Newfoundland, Charlestown,
Charles W. and Sarah A.,
James F. and Hannalı,
29 Housekeeper,
Fort Fairfield, Mc.,
Woburn,
Thomas and Mary,
Canada,
Paul and Lucy
Charles L. and' Mary A .,
Nov. 26
Henry F. Haag, Katie A. Gerlach,
20 19 Shoemaker, At home,
Boston, Wilmington,
James K. and Ellen M.,
29
William N. Pearson, Jennie D. Minnikin,
24
Shoe finisher, At home, Fireman,
Nova Scotia,
Simon B. and Christine,
Patrick and Bridie,
Dec. 24
22
Domestic, Watchmaker,
New York City, N. Y ,
Henry E. and Abbie,
22
Operative,
Blackburn, Eng.,
Jolin and Sarah, Henry and Ellen,
30
Warren E. Beard, Jennie E. Fogg,
27
Furniture m'f'r, Reading, Wakefield,
Lewis and Adeline,
Rev. J. J. Ryan,
[Andover.
Mary Ann Caffery,
27
Woolen weaver,
Andover,
John and Ellen,
30
John Horan,
28 Laborer,
Westminster,
William and Ann,
[lerton, Waltham. N. A. Apolonio, Justice of [the Peace, Boston. Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading.
26 26 At home,
Reading,
37 Carpenter,
North Reading,
Reading,
Henry and Maria,
Reading,
William H, and Adelaide A., William T. and Ann,
27 Charles H. Keene, Kate M. A. Kennealy, 22 32
At home, Stat'ry engin'r,
Oct. 1 Frank E. Strout, Rachel L. Grass, 18 Anstin Mccarthy, Jennie Mondor,
22 23 Shoe bot finish., At home,
Reading,
Jacob A. and Helen,
23
Providence, R. I.,
John and Elizabeth,
21
23
Ireland,
Rev. J. E. Millerick, [Wakefield.
29 Mande Doucette, Minnie Fitzpatrick, Eugene Henry Swain, Eleanor Louise Conway,
Rev. Frederick N. Upham, |Reading. Rev. Frederick N. Upham, [Reading.
25 At home,
Reading, Waltham, East Boston, Sweden, Boston,
George Washington and Eliza, George Henry and Martha, Charles W. and Sarah F., Anders and Annie, William H. and Ellen A., William N. and Mary M., Samuel and Mary F. J.,
Rev. Bradford Morton Ful-
Rev. Frank S. Adams, [Reading. Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, [Winchester. Rev. D. C. Stevens, [Reading. Rev. Ellis Mandell, {Boston.
Rev. W. W. Sleeper, [Stoneham. Rev. Frank S. Adams, [ Reading. Rev. Robert W. Wallace, [Wakefield.
Whole number of Marriages, 35. Nativity of persons married : American, Males, 26; Females, 23; Foreign, Males, 9; Females, 12. First marriage of 30 males and 33 females. Second marriage of 5 males and 2 females.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1890.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Y .M. D.
NAMES OF PARENTS
OR HUSBANDS.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan. 2 Andrew H. Graves,
12 Ann Whelton,
13 Francis F. Brown, M. D.,
55 5 1 Edward and Abigail,
Pleuro-Pneumonia.
13 Abigail P. Beers,
70 1 29 Isaac and Abigail,
Heart Disease.
13 Charles D. Merrithew,
23 4 1 John M. and Sarah,
Pneumonia.
13 Lizzie Irwin,
25 Frederic L. Irwin,
57 6 18 Nathaniel W. C. Carter,
66 17 Laura M. Perkins,
17 William Pierpont,
40
6 5 William L. and Mary,
Apoplexy.
66 23 John Froton,
37 Patrick and Elizabeth,
Concussion of Brain.
Feb. 12 Eliza Atkinson,
54
7 5 George W. Atkinson,
Apoplexy. [el's.
66 12 Dorcas Berry,
66 15 George Hagar,
66 24 Mary R. Phillips,
66 26 John S. Pike,
37 2 19 Stephen and Martha,
Gunshot wound.
Mar. '1 Alpheus Austin,
70 10 9 Gaius and Anna,
Chronic Diarrhoea.
29 9 John and Mary J., 74 Evan and Lucy,
Accidental. Anæmia and Diarrhea.
23 Benjamin Frost, 25 Adam Nicol,
Apr. 9 Rufus W. Damon,
74
9 12 Rufus and Betsey,
Rheumatism.
66 11 Hugh Doolin,
66 13 Louisa A . Proctor,
30 Andrew and Martha,
Asphyxia.
15 Helen James,
18 Delilah Kendall,
78
8 Amos and Martha,
Inflammation of Lungs.
66 22 Thomas A. Evans, 59 5
Bronchitis and Diarrhoea.
66 25 Clara J. Warren, 29 George W. Atkinson,
65
4 Samuel and Abigail H.,
Cerebral Apoplexy.
44 Francis O and Elizabeth A. Accidental fall.
3
7 22 Joseph and Julie,
4
15 Jeremiah and Harriet S.,
4 Edwin F. and Hattie L., Richard and
Inanition and Heart Failure Senile Marasmus.
17 Loton Parker,
28 Charles R Corkins,
Erysipelas & Heart Failure
66 30 Walter Rayner,
July 8 George J. Crowther,
66 9 Albert James, 12 Helen M. Staples,
72
9 Joseph and Elizabeth,
Apoplexy.
Plumonary Phthisis.
66 15 Isilda Gadbois,
54 2 6 Theodore Gadbois,
6 19 Dominique and Julia, 8 19 Edward T. and Lizzie A., 7 22 Joshua and Miriam,
Cholera Infantum.
Heart Disease.
Dysentery.
66 29 Wightman,
62 4 16 Albert Nichols,
Fever and Coma.
Bronchitis.
Gastro Intestinal Catarrh.
66 11 Abra A. Weston,
20 Hattie L. Carter,
28 7 13 Willis M. Carter,
66 4 13 James Bancroft,
29
1 27 William Brian,
Perforation of Intestines.
66 29 Clara A. Sliute,
41 Boardman P. Shute,
Dilitation of Heart.
6 4 Fred A. and Jennie D.,
Marasmus.
[els.
79 1 3 John and Nancy,
52 8 21 John H. Armstrong,
61 6 1 Amos and Louisa,
Disease of Heart.
Innutrition.
[nia.
2
1 Edward T. and Caroline,
91
4 6 Joseph and Elizabeth,
82 10 7
Thomas B. and Nellie J.,
Stillborn.
29 Ida May Rose,
21 Joseph A. and Mary J. 8
Scrofula.
Dec. 4 Fanny Muse,
18 1
24 David and Susan,
Consumption of Bowels.
5 Janet Richardson,
74
8 Timothy and Polly,
66
7 Mary P. Dane,
67
15 Jolın O. Dane,
11 Rebecca Nesmith,
97
3 Holton and
Senile Gangrene.
24
Logan,
1 Jolin B. and Caroline,
Premature.
Cancer of Kidneys. Capillary Bronchitis. Phthisis.
24 William A. Flint,
June 5 Ralph Johnson,
82
53 11 18 Joseph and Melitta,
68 11 19 Jacob S. and Nabby D., 2 7 George and Mary L.,
Cholera Infantum.
Aug. 14 Ephraim Paul Doucet, 21 Ella Louise Wall,
27 Dennis P. Babb, 63
29 Mary M. Holt,
82 11 23 Joseph and Elizabeth, 1 William H. and Emily R.,
Permaturc.
66 30 Lydia S Nichols, Sept. 4 John H. Sheak, 66 5 Simon Albert White,
56 5 Frederic and Emma B., 9 12 Joshua and Mary Ann,
68 7 27 William Weston,
Marasmus. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Consumption.
Oct. 1 Bernice E. F. Parker, 6 Nancy Smith,
Shock, and Tumor in Bow- Phthisis.
9 Susan A. Armstrong, 17 Horace L. Cummings,
8 Millard F. and Sarah A., 3
Nov. 2 Preston W. Charles, Isabel M. Jordling, . 15 Cleveland B. Holt, 17 Ezekiel White,
Scarlet Fever and Pneumo- Old Age and Cancer of hand Bronchitis.
28 Greeley,
173
55 10 9 David Whelton,
Consumption. Influenza.
Consumption. [tis. Grippe with Acute Bronchi- Empyema.
45 1 25 Walter H. Perkins,
67 :0 Zebulon and Betsey,
Malignant Disease of Bow-
36 11 13 George and Martha,
59 3 14 Jephthah and Sarah,
Valvular Disease of Heart. Angina Pectoris.
66 7 Albert E. Bailey,
:3 Ebenczer Harris,
64 1 23 Benjamin and Mary P.,
94
1 19 Adam and
55 William and Mary,
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
66 Horace James,
Pneumonia.
22 Asaph and Lucinda,
39 6 7 John P. Warren,
Empyemia.
1
May 10 Edgar O. Dewey, 66 12 Herbert W. Hodgeman, 29 4 Samuel and Mary J.,
14 Harry J. White,
24
Disease of Heart.
Bronchitis and Laryngitis.
43 10 6 John C. Staples,
Consumption. Old Age ..
16 Jemima A. Carter,
27 4 21 Peter H. and Sarah E.,
Whole number of deaths registered, 68. Males, 36; Females, 32. Nativity : American- Males, 30; Females, 26. Foreign -- Males, 6; Females, 6. Ages : 90 to 100, 3; 80 to 90, 3; 70 to 80, 8; 60 to 70, 11; 50 to 60, 11; 40 to 50, 5; 30 to 40, 5; 20 to 30, 7; 10 to 20, 1; 1 to 10, 3; less than 1 year, 9; stillborn, 1.
Paralysis. Consumption.
26 Sarah Bancroft,
27 Annie Brian,
11
DOGS LICENSED.
Whole number licenses issued to date,
158
One hundred and thirty-nine for males, at $2.00 . $278.00
Nineteen for females, at $5.00 95.00
$373.00
Less fees for. 158 licenses, at 20 cents
31.60
$341.40
1890, June 2d, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treas., $141.00
Dec. 2d, "
66 195.60
$336.60
Amount on hand,
$4.80
JAMES REID, Town Clerk.
Reading, March 1st, 1891.
12
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
ALMSHOUSE.
INMATES.
Cleveland B. Holt, died Nov. 15, 1890
aged 91 years
Jonathan Pratt,
81
Alpheus Austin, died March 11, 1890
66 70
Thornton D. Sanborn
65
James Hunter
47 66
Henry W. Weston
66 42
RECEIVED.
Catharine O'Keefe, board . $152 00
George Beasley, keeper, lighting street lights
301 00
produce and articles sold
131 93
60
" sundry persons
85 50
66 60
labor for outside parties
5 00
66 66 removing snow and ice
10 00
66 distributing annual report
8 00
labor on common
1 50
wood furnished outside poor
18 50
66 gravel for highways
4 80
Reading Savings Bank, on Jonathan Pratt's book
52 65
Reading Savings Bank, on Charlotte Weston's book
18 96
$801 84
EXPENDED.
George Beasley, keeper
$500 00
Mary F. Riordan, labor at Almshouse
130 00
Estate Geo. W. Atkinson, groceries
79 09
George H. Atkinson,
202 31
M. A. Stone,
142 97
George H. Prescott,
36 43
Amount carried forward, $1090 80
66
board Ezekiel White .
12 00
13
Amount brought forward, $1090 80
H. B. Sweetser & Co., meat and provisions 73 83
Horace E. Eames,
64 12
Samuel R. Clough,
26 00
William Hawes, fish . ·
36 55
R. Dexter Temple, funeral expense of Al- pheus Austin and Cleveland B. Holt
54 00
R. Dexter Temple, swine 8 00
Wendell Bancroft, labor and material 24 16
Greenleaf S. Tukey, pump 20 00
J. C. Cook, painting 12 80
E. W. Studley, “
7 50
M. Hanley, oil cloth 2 25
J. W. Spokesfield, standing grass 11 00
Mary French, standing grass
20 00
Moses E. Nichols, paints and oil 8 67
John O. Dow, medical attendance
14 50
William H. Willis, medicines
10 30
David Pratt, wood 1 50
E. B. Eames, ice
11 20
Emily Ruggles, supplies
10 77
N. W. Broad, labor and material . 10 08
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paints and brush 2 75
John H. Simpson & Co., groceries 87 06
Samuel Brown, repairing wagons and wheel- barrow 3 75
Charles Wakefield, wood
29 75
R. C. Totten, shoeing horse and repairs 3 15
John A. Blunt, repairs
1 15
Calvin L. Martin, coal . 48 00
C. L. & W. H. Nichols, meat and killing hogs
18 02
Copeland & Bowser, wall paper, carpeting and cloth . 13 23
Mrs. H. L. Day, crackers
24 75
Francis Bartley, clothing
14 50
Amount carried forward, $1,764 14
14
Amount brought forward,
$1,764 14
R. L. Beers, repairs
2 15
T. Littlefield, "
2 50
Francis Brothers, barbed wire, shovels, &c.,
3 75
Dry goods
24 37
Sundry bills
23 98
Repairing and boots and shoes
15 14
Medicines
12 75
Hardware and tin-ware .
8 50
Window screens
6 40
Total amount expended
$1863 68
Total amount received
801 84
Net expenses at Almshouse .
$1061 84
OUTSIDE POOR.
Appropriation
$1800 00
Received on account cities and towns 69 05
$1869 05
John Owens, nursing, soldiers relief
$718 00
Elmira Weston, supplies 78 37
Elizabeth DeRonde, rent, soldiers relief
24 00
Marcella Wood, rent, soldiers relief
24 00
James Sullivan, supplies
19 63
T. A. Evans, supplies, soldiers relief
9 75
Louisa R. Parker, supplies
69 00
Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, supplies
20 75
Emeline Barnard, wood and coal, soldiers relief
8 00
Eastman Austin, coal
6 50
John H. Daland,
14 60
$992 60
PAID ON ACCOUNT CITIES, TOWNS, STATE AND ESTATES.
Mrs. B. Wood, supplies, account Woburn $ 4 66
Geo. F. Hubbard, “ Cambridge · 27 00
Amount carried forward, $31 66
15
Amount brought forward,
$31 66
Mrs. C. H. Leland, rent,
Sherburne .
9 00
Clara Chute, supplies,
Estate Clara
Chute 37 64
John Queen, board, medicine and medical at- tendance, account state 22 10
$100 40
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.
Danvers Insane Asylum, board of Sumner
McAlister
$28 92
Danvers Insane Asylum, board of Wm. A. Flint 68 15
" Maggie Whelton 172 76
Worcester 66
Henry S. Buck 169 46
$439 29
TRAMPS.
Geo. H. Prescott, crackers - - -
- $6 80
M. A. Stone,
- - -
-
1 02
J. H. Simpson & Co." - -
7 07 $14 89
$1547 18
Unexpended
-
321 87
$1,869 05
Number of tramps lodged at station during the year, 438.
EZEKIEL WHITE ESTATE GIVEN THE TOWN.
Real estate, estimated cash value - $900 00
Cash
57 00
$957 00
Paid on account Ezekiel White, board, cloth- ing, medical attendance and funeral expenses - - - - - -
$144 21
Balance in hands of town - -
$812 79
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Furniture, crockery and tin-ware . $351 69
Beds and bedding
.
167 75
Amount carried forward, $519 44
-
-
-
16
Amount brought forward,
$519 44
Provisions
138 22
Farming tools .
92 50
Horse
40 00
Two Cows
75 00
Fowls
18 75
Swine
10 00
Stoves and hollow ware
58 50
Harnesses
50 00
Express wagon
40 00
Farm wagon
40 00
Horse cart
35 00
Sleigh
10 00
Pung
5 00
Stone wagon
15 00
Horse sled
10 00
Snow plough
5 00
Grain
10 00
English hay
72 00
Manure
50 00
Wood in shed
16 00
Cord wood
37 00
Coal in cellar
13 00
Cedar posts
4 00
Old lumber
3 00
Oil tanks
8 00
Oil
3 50
$1,388 91
Town farm and buildings
$5,600 00
Personal property at town farm
1,388 91
$6,988 91
STILLMAN M. PRATT, CHARLES W. ABBOTT, R. DEXTER TEMPLE, the Poor.
Overseers of
.
Meadow hay
10 00
.
17
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Your Assessors respectfully submit the following report :
We have made a thorough examination of all the real estate in the town, and estimating its value, after such examination, we feel con- fident that the result will meet with your approval.
VALUATION OF ESTATES, REAL AND PERSONAL, TAXED IN THIS TOWN, MAY 1, 1890.
Real estate
$2,575,439 00
Personal estate
261,691 00
Total valuation
-$2,837,130 00
Number of polls, males, 1,006 at $2.00, $2,012 00
66 " females, 4 " .50,
2 00
Total number of polls, 1,010
$2,014 00
Amount of town appropriations · $37,306 00
66
" county tax
2,028 78
" overlaying
1,045 18
Total amount assessed
$42,584 96
Rate of taxation, $14.30 per $1,000.
Total number of horses
415
60 66 COWS
336
60
66 sheep
2
66
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